shudder 1 of 2

as in shiver
an instance of shaking involuntarily with fear or cold a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow

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shudder

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verb

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Recent Examples of shudder
Noun
For those still concerned with the club’s lack of attention to detail, Saturday night at Fenway Park probably led to some shudders. Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 15 June 2025 The band enlisted the great Mike Mills to direct, with Saoirse Ronan starring as an office worker who dances, squirms, shudders, and screams through her daily routine. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 June 2025
Verb
Topline Wholesale prices increased by an unexpected 0.9% in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday, causing markets to shudder after reaching record highs on a much more optimistic inflation report from the consumer price index on Tuesday. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The shuddering horror of the Coldplay couple. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shudder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shudder
Noun
  • Grab this sweatsuit and kiss mid-flight shivers goodbye.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Hearing McCartney play Beatles classics, in particular, sends shivers down one’s spine.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Weak to light shaking was recorded, and people in several cities - such as Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake and Angelus Oaks - reported experiencing the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The region has been shaken Other nations in the region have been affected by the tumult.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Furman is one of a kind: a trans, devoutly Jewish former rabbinical student who’s written a book about Lou Reed and sings folk-punk songs in a mercurial tremble.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
  • Valeria leaves guard duties to Ellen, a grandmother with a constant tremble in her hands from her MS.
    James Grebey, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • He, too, was bowled over by the film's tear-jerking finale.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Travis jerked open the door and slid on his butt down a wing that was on fire.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The music of home often quivers with nostalgia.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a breathless mood in the air that quivers and quakes at the protests to come.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Designer Joe Nahem of the esteemed firm Fox-Nahem was then brought in to merge the two spaces into one wildly creative space that vibrates with color, pattern, and texture.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Shudder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shudder. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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